Need help condensing this code, possibly using a 'for' statement

you can't write using for because every single statement needs evaluation case can be used but again all these pre-conditions must be checked.
the behaviour also changes for each condition

Mattibutt - I get what you're saying, but the problem is that I'm imitating a functional code I've already seen implimented in AS2

Ghemstrom - I think you're on the right track, I actually came up with this on my own after doing a bit of research... I the code below would be the code I'm looking for, if it works correctly... if it works, it will run through the array elements one at a time and do a comparison until it reaches the end of the array... I'll try it when I get home:

for(var i:Number = 1, var j:Number = 0; j < min_mc_string.length+1; i++, j++){
	if(parseInt(min_mc_string[j]) == 0)
		min_cartoon.this["item"+i].txt1.gotoAndStop(10);
	else if (isNaN(parseInt(min_mc_string[j])))
		min_cartoon.this["item"+i].txt1.gotoAndStop(11);
	else min_cartoon.this["item"+i].txt1.gotoAndStop(parseInt(min_mc_string[j]));
}

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"item"+i looks pretty strange to me even if I have no knowledge of AS. "item" is a string and i an integer variable. Does it really add up to an object identifier?
Can you use 'this' as an implied object identifier without pointing to the respective 'item' in the beginning of the loop?
 

@ lgAndreas - I was going to ask if there was something wrong with the code I wrote; I'm glad you pointed it out... I'm stuck at work for another 3.5 hours wanting to get home so I can employ this new technique! It condensed 72 lines of code into 12 :D

I really like what you did there to condense the "parseInt" lines into just "value"... it's WAY easier to read now! This is the code I've got now; will it work? And also, should there be a dot ( . ) between min_cartoon and ["item"+i] ?

for(var i:Number = 1, var j:Number = 0; j < min_mc_string.length+1; i++, j++){
	var value:Number = parseInt(min_mc_string[j]);
	if(value == 0) 		{ min_cartoon.["item"+i].txt1.gotoAndStop(10); }
	else if (isNaN(value))  { min_cartoon.["item"+i].txt1.gotoAndStop(11); }
	else 			{ min_cartoon.["item"+i].txt1.gotoAndStop(value); }
}

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Got home and tested it... had a few issues but got them all sorted out... I don't need the dot before the ["item"+i] line, and only need one "var" in the "for" condition line... everything else worked beautifully and condensed a total of 82 lines into 11 lines of code :) Time to make these same changes throughout my program to make it smaller :D

Here's the end result if anyone's curious:

      for(var i:Number=1, j:Number=0; j < min_mc_string.length+1; i++, j++){
            var minvalue:Number = parseInt(min_mc_string[j]);
            var maxvalue:Number = parseInt(max_mc_string[j]);
            
            //Finds minimum hits and sends them to the animation
            if(minvalue == 0)                  min_cartoon["item"+i].txt1.gotoAndStop(10);
            else if (isNaN(minvalue))      min_cartoon["item"+i].txt1.gotoAndStop(11);
            else                                    min_cartoon["item"+i].txt1.gotoAndStop(minvalue);
            
            //Finds maximum hits and sends them to the animation
            if(maxvalue == 0)                  max_cartoon["item"+i].txt1.gotoAndStop(10);
            else if (isNaN(maxvalue))      max_cartoon["item"+i].txt1.gotoAndStop(11);
            else                                     max_cartoon["item"+i].txt1.gotoAndStop(maxvalue);
            
            //Plays the complete damage outputs
            min_cartoon["item"+i].gotoAndPlay(1);
            max_cartoon["item"+i].gotoAndPlay(1);
      }

the code was changed to include max value also... this is for a damage calculator I'm programming for Maple Story... see the progress here:

http://teamradftw.com/ms/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=19458

If anyone has any thoughts on how to further optimize my code, please PM me on my forum. Thanks guys!